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Sunday, June 14, 2015

5 Books To Read While Waiting For George R.R. Martin's 'Winds of Winter'

"Game of Thrones" creator George R.R. Martin has still not confirmed a
release date for his upcoming “Winds of Winter” novel. In the meantime,
here are five books that fans of his work can read while they wait for
the upcoming book.

At once charming, insightful, and ruthlessly irreverent, The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister is short on pretense and overflowing with finely crafted gems—just like the man himself.The perfect gift for fans of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO’s Game of Thrones: a collection of wicked one-liners from the incomparable Imp of Casterly Rock, fully illustrated by Jonty Clark.

The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond. With
hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. Martin.
If
the past is prologue, then George R.R. Martin’s masterwork—the most
inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time—warrants one hell of
an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with THE WORLD OF ICE AND
FIRE.
Collected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge,
scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons,
maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and
maps, family trees for the Houses Stark, Lannister and Targaryen, and
in-depth explanations of the history and culture of Westeros.

Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles
the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s
ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. These never-before-collected
adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron
Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living
consciousness.

In this comic book/graphic novel adaptation set one hundred years before the events in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms.

Shouldering
his fallen master’s sword and shield, Duncan (or “Dunk") is determined
to reinvent himself as a knight in a nearby tournament. But first Dunk
needs a sponsor, and that requirement sends him down a road studded with
friends, foes, adventure, and hidden agendas. One such friend is Egg,
who becomes Dunk’s squire, yet even he may hold secret motivations of
his own.

The adventure that began with A Game of Thrones comes to life
in twelve separate full-color maps, stunningly illustrated and ideal for
framing. The perfect gift for fans everywhere, this is the definitive
dragon’s-eye view they’ve been dying to see.

George
R. R. Martin’s beloved series is bursting with a variety and richness
of landscapes—from bitter tundra to arid wasteland and everything in
between—that provide a sense of scale unrivaled in contemporary fantasy.
Now this dazzling set of maps, featuring original artwork from
illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts, transforms Martin’s epic
saga into a world as fully realized as the one around us.